Overview

• Approximately 1,000 far-right activists marched in Paris on May 10, commemorating the 1994 death of extremist Sébastien Deyzieu.
• The rally featured participants displaying neo-Nazi tattoos, Celtic crosses, and other fascist imagery, as documented by journalists and videos.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced on May 13 that his ministry referred video evidence of masked marchers and prohibited symbols to judicial authorities under Article 40 of the penal procedure code.
• The Paris police prefecture had initially banned the rally over public order concerns, but the administrative tribunal overturned the ban, citing the lack of prosecutions from last year’s event.
• Judicial authorities are now reviewing the evidence to determine whether the observed actions and symbols constitute criminal offenses; no charges have been filed yet.